Clothes drying rack



May 26, 1953 H. D. FOGG CLOTHES DRYING RACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 3, 1950 w T N u 'INVE H/iZfL 17. F006 k BY May 26, 1953 Flled March 3, 1950 Patented May 26, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

2,639,816 CLOTHES DRYING RACK Hazel D. Fogg, Falls Church, Va. Application March 3,1?50, Serial No. 147,367 3 Claims. 61. 211-86) This invention relates generally to racks or hangers. More specifically it relates to clothes drying racks for use indoors. It is especially designed and adapted for use over bath tubs having a shower associated therewith, but it can be used equally well in other places within doors.

It is well known that most women wash their hosiery and lingerie at home rather than send it to a laundry. Generally they do this every night instead of letting soiled garments accumulate until they have a large number of pieces to do. Women living in hotels, either as permanent or transient guests, have no place to do this washing except the bath room. This is also true'of many apartments, especially the small utility apartments which are in such wide spread use in the larger cities today. Also in many apartment houses having larger housekeeping suites be used over tubs of different widths.

After use the rack may be quickly and easily rewhen not in use so thatone travelling can conveniently carry it in a suit case or other travelling bag.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a clothes drying rack for indoor use which can be easily and quickly mounted in place over no facilities are provided for washing or drying clothes outside of each apartment or'suite. After clothes are washed they must be hung up to dry,

which is invariably in the bath room. The gen- With the foregoing in mind, I have designed a clothes drying rack which is adapted to extend transversely of a bath tub, from the shower curtain rod along the front of the bath tub to the wall along the rear of the tub. With this arrangement any water dripping from clothes supported by the rack will all fall into the tub. Also the rack and any clothes supported thereby can be hidden from view behind the shower curtain, so that the bath room will not have an unsightly and untidy appearance.

My improved rack comprises a supporting frame and a suction cup. The rear end of the frame is secured to the suction cup and the forward end of the frame is formed into a hook or has a hook secured thereto. When in use the suction cup is removably secured by suction to the wall along the rear of a bath tub and the forward end of the frame is hooked over the shower curtain rod along the front of the tub. In this waythe frame by which the clothes are supported will be disposed Entirely over the tub.

a bath tub or other receptacleand removed therefrom after use.

"Another object of the invention is to provide a rack of this character which is of very simple construction and which can beeasily and inexpensively manufactured.

.Other and more limited objects of the invention will be apparent from the following specification and the accompanying drawings forming a line 4-4 of Fig, 1;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section through another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of still another embodiment of the invention; "Fig. 8 is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 7; and

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing a slightly different method of slidably securing the two sections of the frame together.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings by reference characters. the numeral I indicates generally a clothes drying rack which comprises asuction cup 2 and an elongated adjustable supportingframe 3. The suction cup 2 is of the well "known type which is adapted to adhere to a flat surface by suction. It is made of resilient pliable material, preferably rubber, and comprises a base 4 and an outwardly extending cylindrical boss 5 which terminates in an enlarged head or button 6.

3 4 When mounting it in place against a flat smooth While the tubular section 25 and the rod 26 are surface it is first moistened and then pressed shown as circular in cross section, they may, if against the mounting surface which expels air desired for the purpose of rigidity, be made recfrom the cup and causes it to adhere to the surtangular in cross section. This form of the inface by suction. r; vention is mounted in place and functions in the The supportin frame 3 consists of two sections same manner as the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5. i and 8, each of which is formed from a single In Figs. 7 and 8 Ihave shown still another form strip of suitable material, preferably metal, which of my invention. In this form the rear and front is rectangular in cross section. The rear section sections I and 8 of the frame 3 are both made 1 comprises two" spaced-fparallel" arms ans 3 l from s'ing-l tif stifi Tlfe secwhich arejbind'togethrat one end thereof by tion 'l comp'risestwd spaced parallel"arfns"32 and a loop H which is disposed above and is perpen- 33 which are joined together at the forward ends dicular to the arms 9 and [0. The boss of the thereof, as shown at 34. The rear ends of the suction cup 2 is disposed in the loop i l-whieh arms.'3'2@-and'33 are formed into a loop 35 which tightly engages it throughout the majofportion' lg en'gag'es theboss 5 behind the button 6, in the of its circumference, as is clearly ShOWn in FigFR m 'in h r t'h t vlihfi D l l engages e 10055 5- In order to assemble the section land thesuction The front section} comprises two spaced parallel cup 2, it is only necessary to holdthearfn's n'a arfns 3E"an"d"31" which are joined together at H! slightly further apart from each otherfitheni -the rear!erfds thereof asshown at 38. The forinsert the boss 5 into the loop I l and then release Ward ends of the arms 36and 31 are formed into the armies and! o whi ch will spring lgaclc to their; 9 5 @gyhigh qZfl7d tOgQh aswshowniat lfii normal position 'andg pSe the il oop; H to tightly The rear end1;.of gthejsection fl engageswthe for-r engage-the boss-5.;; In'ordertioncup- 2 fromvthe section {I 1t is only' necessary 1 4 Q to spreadi'the armsga andi-Wa sufijicient-1distaricd Blips 4 n '-reinove'the,suc-, W rd 8nd f he sectio as;iindicat ed at All; ions are sl dably tied; together: 'by

Th clips 12 are :fastened" to the the loop H; The enlargedhead-,on'putton,6 pr e-i n he 9 1 5 a en d vents the section 1 fronrbeing-pulled awayjfr oin; totn m gzrandaaf q t ati' fiy d upfl' the suction cup 2. The ifront section- 8 of othe thq-argns;;and531 In-rother-respectsthis-form frame -3 is likewise formed; fro m -a sing-lestrip-of --30"Of the ,in vention is ythe same asw-that shownim--- material which has the same cross section as the F gsgl t o 5..-;

strip-from; whichthe:rear .section:il is formem I Figs-.9 I have shown still:another-iforrnrof' The front: section} comprises twqspacedparallel the '-inventioniwhjch i vflightI;m(lain-1cm;on70f arms-J2 and I3; the forward'ends of whicharethe structure;showrr i p f1 ;g Inathis. urned-upw l a nd tc a t r in fifi ifi p n wi n'wtheclip -42:axioms and in identical hooks [5 which are-ftied togetheras y form; therendsgof thg .35; and? intoyeyesa.

shown at It to formdnqeffect a sing-1e hook-47. 44through which-the,arms 3'2gandi The book 11 is adapted-to'engageeover a shower foirnzthe ends of the arms- 32 arr-deg In assembling the sections?! and!) the free;-ends. 4O** l$-= of the arms: 9 and ill and- -l-2-' and l3 are placed EZS-;;7 and 8.

this formais i-dentical with; that. shown in side by sid with-the inner-faces:ofethe arms: l2 5 o he fore oi g will ice-appar hat-I and 5 3 engaging theouterfaces offthe; arms- 9, y? firo d da-e .V y' s mple andi fl m a s and It], respectively, as shown at-{9: Oppositely -i r.accomplishin ithg Objects 13f my?invention extendingears formed onthe ends-ofthearms lfi 45 I? is tq h er q dat a I am 't" fi d and are .then bent roun d'ethear s s and Hi; egsp fi ns uc i s s own-andvd s a -shown'at'w; an d similarlear tormed-on the rf tvari usvmodifications:ma be made ends of the arms 9 and I0 are bent aroundrtheretowithin theso01 $-Oftheappendedclaims" securing the sections l angst; together provides-so ;A han er har c i w ibed:Which a slidable connection-between thfe;two sections mprisesgu i l a -"f gtiq i' a front: e t 0 and permits adjustment of thezframefi' as tQl' anfi d bfi fiom fififi l f aidfificbions together;2 lengt inorder t accommqdate i t forusg' i difsaid rear section comprising two spacedaparalle'l ferent locations. H A I I horizontal arms which; In;mod ern bath roomsgthe wallflmbehind the nfiiend y'ufi M P-WEN re :joineditogetheri'at disp s d: above and bath tub and the walls 23 at each end of thetub i s pqrp ndiculariito said arm h iCI' 'i 'O 1 0:"

are generally covered;with;tile or soinerkind-jof tion c pt si sk woz pa e c-p i lelr hori a just. below the; shower;- curtain rodi l 8.; The -up=- tangeeat oneend,thereotand terminate -i;n-identiwar cl'extension M of the frontsection -fl is pro-- ica ljdownwardly;fiopningyhooks which are; tied d n tihe' i m0 1 2wni e se 211f F2Q .c a the tiles orjboard 24 when -the'hook--|1-engages: r movablmsecure nsaitli-loopw;

ti g link j and a suction cupthe rod [81 ZQA hanger oftthie character: described com- I prising a rear sectionqand a front sectionyeach of the invention. In this form the supporting co ofisa-id sections beingformedfrom a single strip frame 3 comprises? tubular section-fi andwa rod of:material andcomprising:a pair ofspaced parzfiv'vhich is telescopicallymiOuntedinthetubular allel horigontal arms and connecting portion at section 25 asshown av-21. The rear endofthe one endthereofi theafreeiends of-said arms'havtubular section25 is inserted intoacav ity -28 in ingearsiformedthereom the ears-ofpne-pair of the boss '5 of'thesuction bead2l9 on the 70.- ai-msbeingbentaround-the;ctherrpair of arms to rearend of the tubular section ;25 .normally;holds slidably connect said sections rtogether; a sue-- the 'cup Zion the section li B ut the cup'Z an-be f tiorr cup secured-to the connecting portion of said pulled from the section.25eif desirerlh The for reg;r section;anql theconnecting portion-of-saidi ward, end of t e" o'dj .zsiis'lf iineii into ook sn which is adapted to 'engag'e th'e curtai irod qg 3. A hanger of the character described comprising two sections slidably secured together and each formed from a single strip of material, one of said sections comprising two spaced parallel horizontal supporting members which extend vertically upwardly a short distance at one end thereof and'a're connected together by a loop formed at the upper end of the vertical portion thereof in which is removably secured a suction cup, and the other of said sections comprising two spaced parallel horizontal supporting mem'-.

bers which extend vertically upwardly a substan- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Balcom June 1, 1875 Hunnewell July 14, 1910 Knell Dec. 4, 1930 Brody July 10, 1934 Morley May 2, 1939 Fish Aug. 8, 1939 Stewart Sept. 5, 1944 Sturk Jan. 10, 1950 Pandele Aug. 29, 1950 

